User blog:Pinedance Coneslinger/Pinedance's Story: Changes Over the Years

Alright, so I'm sure at least several of you know that I created Pine after reading Outcast of Red wall and Triss. The squirrelqueen Firdance, the Coneslingers, yeah. Well her story has undergone major changes although her close family, main enemy, and time period have stayed the same. Now, I created Pine when I was eleven, so she's grown a lot.

At first, the story began with a twelve-year-old Pinedance sitting in Coneslinger Wood, just reflecting. Then her rebellious friend Aspen came swinging in, they chatted for a bit, then went to go pick berries. Pinedance heard seven foxes coming (Yup, apparently she was able to tell the number and species from far away just by listening.) and they hid behind a hill and Pinedance came up with a plan to ambush them. Then there was a scene switch to a young otter who was running away from home. He ran into Coneslinger Wood and got caught in one of the traps. I grew impatient with how slowly the story was coming together and abandoned it.

Then, there was the version I put on the wiki at first, A Coneslinger's Quest (originally A Coneslinger's Revenge). PInedance was a young squirrel wandering in the Northlands who was full of charm and basically everybody liked her. The first three chapters never changed. However, in the first few drafts of Chapter Four, Pinedance saw Esmeralda's army approaching and experienced a moment of pure Bloodwrath, but then had a vision of her late great-uncle Felldoh. She then turned to leave, but fell into one of the hidden entrances to the pikas' home, getting a compound fracture. Thunda found her and took her to Thrundera (originally Guiliana) where she got fixed up. Then she met the originally fat, jolly Boulda and told him of Esmeralda. Sunfur happened to be passing by with dirty dishes and Pine and Sun got into this huge argument. It was broken up by the arrival of a badly injured pika. Boulda told Sun and Pine that they must go for help and Pine gives a detailed account of all her journies. They leave, climb up a cliff, meet an exiled member of the Long Patrol, and Pine and he engage in a "friendly" duel. Pine gets attacked by Bloodwrath and almost kills the hare. Sun becomes afraid of her and they continue on, after she's roused from the killing rage. The next chapter started with a nightmare sequence filled with forboding scenes from the future and a message from Martin given to Gonff. Gonff wakes up, has a rather sappy scene with Columbine, and they both go to breakfast. However, both their children are seen in the distanc ebging dragged by mysterious cloaked beasts. Columbine breaks down, Gonff comforts her, and hurries after the kidnappers. He meets the Suosim (Spy Union Of Shrews In Mossflower) and they give him his baby daughter. They offer to take her back to Columbine and he agrees, setting off in a very LOTR style with three shrews who.....GTG